A compressor design includes a male rotor (10) having one or more helical lobes (12) and a female rotor (14) having one or more helical grooves (16). The male rotor is mounted on a first shaft and the female rotor is mounted on a second shaft. The male rotor is positioned in a first section of a chamber and the female rotor is positioned in a second section of the chamber. Fluid enters the chamber at an inlet, and when the rotors are driven, the lobes of the male rotor fit into the grooves of the female rotor, causing compression and movement of the fluid towards an outlet or discharge end where the compressed fluid is discharged. The configuration of the lobe and groove helix, the lobe and groove profile, and the outer diameter of the rotors can be varied in different combinations to form different rotors.

A rotary compressor provided that may include a casing, a cylinder, a roller, and at least one vane slidably inserted into the roller, and the roller may have at least one bypass passage through which spaces on both sides of a contact point based on a rotational direction of the roller communicate with each other. Through the at least one bypass passage, residual refrigerant remaining in a compression space even after a discharge stroke may be bypassed to a suction chamber, thereby minimizing the refrigerant remaining in the compression space after the discharge stroke. Also, loss due to overcompression in a residual space may be suppressed or prevented while reducing suction loss due to the introduction of overcompressed high-pressure refrigerant by the bypassing the refrigerant in the residual space toward a suction side in advance.

An apparatus and methods for a rotor pack are provided for a positive displacement supercharger that produces greater engine power output without loss of best seal between the rotors or between the rotors and an interior surface of an enclosing case. The rotors include relief zones and cupped portions at an intake airflow side of each lobe comprising the rotors. The relief zones allow additional airflow to enter the rotor pack while the cupped portions scoop additional airflow into the rotor pack during operation of the supercharger. Tapered radius portions of an enclosing case allow additional airflow to be dragged into the rotor pack. Pressure relief portions on a rotor bearing plate and angled portions on each lobe extend compression events during operation of the rotor pack. The angled portions reduce a margin of the lobes to sharpened edges without affecting the diameter of the margin.

The present application provides a slide valve, wherein the slide valve is configured to regulate a load of a twin-screw compressor. The slide valve comprises a slide valve body, wherein the slide valve body has a connecting end and a free end, the connecting end is configured to connect to a slide valve connecting rod of the twin-screw compressor, and the slide valve is driven to slide by the slide valve connecting rod. A cavity is formed in the free end of the slide valve body, and the slide valve has a passage configured to fluidly couple the cavity with an external fluid to reduce air flow pulsations on a suction side of the twin-screw compressor and thereby reduce overall air flow pulsations in the twin-screw compressor.

A compressor design includes a male rotor (10) having one or more helical lobes (12) and a female rotor (14) having one or more helical grooves (16). The male rotor is mounted on a first shaft and the female rotor is mounted on a second shaft. The male rotor is positioned in a first section of a chamber and the female rotor is positioned in a second section of the chamber. Fluid enters the chamber at an inlet, and when the rotors are driven, the lobes of the male rotor fit into the grooves of the female rotor, causing compression and movement of the fluid towards an outlet or discharge end where the compressed fluid is discharged. The configuration of the lobe and groove helix, the lobe and groove profile, and the outer diameter of the rotors can be varied in different combinations to form different rotors.

An apparatus and methods for a rotor pack are provided for a positive displacement supercharger that produces greater engine power output without loss of best seal between the rotors or between the rotors and an interior surface of an enclosing case. The rotors include relief zones and cupped portions at an intake airflow side of each lobe comprising the rotors. The relief zones allow additional airflow to enter the rotor pack while the cupped portions scoop additional airflow into the rotor pack during operation of the supercharger. Tapered radius portions of an enclosing case allow additional airflow to be dragged into the rotor pack. Pressure relief portions on a rotor bearing plate and angled portions on each lobe extend compression events during operation of the rotor pack. The angled portions reduce a margin of the lobes to sharpened edges without affecting the diameter of the margin.